Armenian experiences in Maine


Popkins Zakarian in store, Portland, 1961

Popkins Zakarian in store, Portland, 1961
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Maine Historical Society

Popkins Zakarian (1903-1980) was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Portland with his Armenian parents, Mary and John, and brother, Lavon, around 1904.

Zakarian worked in an Armenian grocery store, and later operated a linoleum and flooring business in Portland for 50 years.

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